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October 28, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Don't Buy the Buyback Hype Are share buybacks little more than a tool for management to massage earnings? As for the benefit to individual shareholders, is it all it's cracked up to be?   |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Could Be Better Than Earning Dividends With the market down, share buybacks don't look as dumb as they used to. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2011
Todd Wenning |
What Does Home Depot Do With Its Free Cash? Home Depot appears to be making fair use of its free cash flow, and its well-covered dividend may be attractive to income-focused investors. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Target Releases Arrows Made of Money The retailer has done well by shareholders, and might do even better. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2005
Richard Gibbons |
Share Buybacks Aren't All Equal In the right circumstances -- when a company has excess capital and undervalued shares -- share repurchases are great for shareholders. But if the company is repurchasing overvalued shares, the buyback can actually be a sign of poor management. |
The Motley Fool
May 13, 2010
Rich Greifner |
Is Your CFO Sleeping Around? "Stock buybacks are like hooking up," Stern School of Business professor Aswath Damodaran says. "Dividends are like getting married." |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Share Repurchase: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Share repurchases rarely signal an undervalued stock price. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
Emil Lee |
Are Buybacks Best? Without a doubt, share repurchases are one of the best uses of a company's excess capital. Here's why investors should get interested anytime they hear a company's planning to buy back its own shares. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Is Hewlett-Packard Crazy? Hewlett-Packard recently announced that its future is looking brighter and it's tripling its planned share repurchases, upping the limit to $12 billion worth of stock. Is it a good move? |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Will Stock Buybacks Make You Rich? The good and bad of share repurchases. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2009
Rich Duprey |
When Companies Buy High and Sell Low Stock-buyback activity plummeted along with the market in the first quarter. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Don't Buy Into People's United's Buyback People's United's new buyback program doesn't mean you should buy. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Black & Decker Buys Back Profit Though recent share repurchases have come at a premium, the power tool maker has had a history of being a good shepherd with shareholder money. Will its recent buyback announcement be just as good? |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Shareholder Dilution Delusions Using shareholder cash to stem stock option dilution is a deceptive, wealth-destroying practice. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Staples: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at just 9.1 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, Staples' share buyback program looks like a very good use of shareholder capital. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2007
Allen Kenney |
Buy Back or Payout? Some REITs are repurchasing stock, but not all analysts agree with the move. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Show Us the Money, Drugmakers Drugmakers have cash and they aren't afraid to use it -- on themselves. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Buybacks Can Predict Profits Use management's signal flag of an undervalued stock to make market-beating profits. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Bad Advice on Buybacks The point of a buyback is not to "move" the stock -- not over the short term. The point of a buyback is to increase shareholder value in the long run by giving existing shareholders a bigger cut of future economic benefits. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Hewlett-Packard's $10 Billion Spending Spree How doling out cash can boost the company's stock price. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Don't Buy Into Pall's Share Buyback Purification and filtration products manufacturer Pall's new buyback program is no "buy" indicator. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Pennies on the Dollar Tree Management at the discounter announces a $500 million share buyback; investors ought to ask themselves: Is Dollar Tree a good buy now? |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Accenture: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 14.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a decent use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
Navneet Bajaj |
1 Retailer That's Not Worth Your Penny A look at Sears' valuation. |
CFO
June 15, 2012
Vincent Ryan |
Plenty of Ammo Left in Buyback Plans U.S. firms have repurchased more than one-third the dollar amount of shares that their buyback programs allow. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Bad Buyback, Bad! Today companies often choose to reward shareholders with a simple and popular method investors love: share buybacks. When is it good? When is it bad? |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Buck Hartzell |
Share Buybacks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The skinny on share repurchases. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Dividends or Buybacks? The Story of How to Waste Shareholder Money Buybacks are beneficial if done when shares are cheap. If they're done when pricey, well, it's scarcely different from when you or I overpay for stocks: you don't get your money's worth. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Should F5 Networks Be Buying Back Shares? All stock buybacks aren't created equal. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
Sean Williams |
Holy Share Buyback, Batman! Who said share buybacks were dead? |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006 |
All EPS Increases Aren't Alike Don't assume that a stock's surging EPS is great news. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Who's Buying Back Shares? American corporations have been busy recently buying back lots of their own shares on the open market. Read on for the top ten biggest repurchasers of 2007. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2013
Allan S. Roth |
Stock Buybacks vs. Dividends: Which Has Better Payoff? Rather than chasing company payouts, get better tax advantages with a strategy based on stock buybacks. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Buy WellPoint's Share Buyback Share buybacks are a contrarian indicator, but not WellPoint's. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2005
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Timberland's Gotta Split The company's split-and-buyback news isn't major, but investors shouldn't ignore it. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Dell: Compounding or Destroying Value? Dell's share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital. In fact, I think it's worth adding Dell to your watchlist. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2011
Shubh Datta |
It's Buyback Time at Lowe's The home-improvement retailer plans to buy back $5 billion worth of its shares. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Big Buybacks Some big companies are planning big buybacks, benefiting investors. IBM... Pfizer... etc. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
David Henry |
Why The Flurry Of Buybacks? In the U.S., low rates and lagging prices are prompting companies to repurchase shares in a hurry. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Handleman's Hard on the Ears The music distributor warns of dour fourth-quarter results. While buybacks are nice, and help increase shareholder value, certainly growing sales would be sweeter music to investors' ears. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: Buybacks Aren't dividends a form of surrender? Isn't a company simply shrugging its shoulders and passing the buck when it distributes owned or leveraged greenbacks? The buyback's the thing. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Raytheon: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 7.6 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Blows Billions The database company's board says it will up its stock buyback program by $8 billion, presumably financed through free cash flow. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Atmos Energy: Creating or Destroying Shareholder Value? With shares trading at 13.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the new share-buyback authorization looks like a poor use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
Ralph Casale |
Dueling Fools: Dividends Rebuttal The combination of cash payouts and prudent share buybacks may well be the most effective way of rewarding shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Kroger: Compounding or Destroying Value? Management is spending your capital. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Stop the Buyback Insanity! Netflix has the worst share buyback plan I've ever seen. Please stop it. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These Companies Wasted Your Money Many big buybacks haven't fared all that well. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Lockheed Martin: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 9.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like an acceptable use of shareholder capital at these prices. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Will Sears Go for Broke? The retailer's chances of bankruptcy seem ever greater. |
